Alwyn Robert McGee

   

 

Was a Radio Operator for Rumrunners and the B.C. Forest Branch. Was a Radio Operator in the Royal Canadian Air Force during World War II.

Était opérateur radio pour Rumrunners et la B.C. Forest Branch. Était opérateur radio dans l'Aviation royale canadienne pendant la Seconde Guerre mondiale.

 

Alwyn Robert McGee

Alwyn Robert McGee was born on December 9, 1909, in Lloydminster, Saskatchewan

1936 - Photo from Alwyn Robert McGee's Radiotelegraphy certificate

According to one of his children, Alwyn Robert McGee was very fast with Morse Code. He was a radio operator for rumrunners, then for the B.C. Forest Branch, and then the Royal Canadian Air Force. His mother had taken him out of school early because she needed him to financially support her. Despite only having a Grade 9 education, he eventually became a Squadron Leader in the RCAF, second in command of RCAF Station at St Margaret's, New Brunswick .

 

Alwyn Robert McGee passed away on October 28, 1997 at the age of 87 in Grand Forks, British Columbia.

( Source:  ancestry.ca )

Links   -   Liens